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Q. Will I die if I fly into a...
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No, you cannot die, ever. Flying into planets/suns/blackholes and anyting else will not damage you in any way.
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In combat, before your ship is destroyed the ships computer will warp you to ceres.  You will need to dock and repair your ship, but you will not die.
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When mining collect Magnesium and Uranium to sell to contracts. This will be the fastest way to make money early on. After your mining skill is up a bit and you have acquire a bigger mining beam, look for Niobium and Tin. Both of these resources will sell for very high amounts to other players. Check stock markets for an idea of how much people are wiling to pay at the time.  
 
When mining collect Magnesium and Uranium to sell to contracts. This will be the fastest way to make money early on. After your mining skill is up a bit and you have acquire a bigger mining beam, look for Niobium and Tin. Both of these resources will sell for very high amounts to other players. Check stock markets for an idea of how much people are wiling to pay at the time.  
  
 
 
Q. How do I control the ship?
 
 
 
 
W = steer down
 
S = steer up
 
A = steer left
 
D = steer right
 
Q = roll left
 
E = roll right
 
Space bar = fire thrusters
 
B / Left mouse button = fire lasers
 
Left Alt / Right mouse button = Turn gravity anchor on/off
 
1 = First person view
 
2 = Third person view
 
mouse wheel = zoom in/out
 
H = help menu = above instructions
 
  
  
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First you will need to get close enough to the asteroid and match its speed, gravity anchor on and thrusters on
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Check the Asteroid Mining section of Help.
Then click and hold left mouse button on the asteroid to fire your laser.
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The asteroid will heat up and change colour. practice will get the best colour of a deep blue.
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Not enough lasering will not heat it enough and the message will tell you so.
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Too much and it explodes without getting any minerals.
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A reported heat of 2200 k is the aim for good results.
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You must first find a suitable gas giant for harvesting, Vestra has a nice one for Hydrogen, Ubertus for Oxygen.
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Check the Gas Giant skimming section of Help.
 
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You basically fly into the gas giant at speed and your gas mining scoop does all the work.
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If you don't hit the right part of the giants, impure gas mixture message come up and you get nothing.
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If you don't have enough speed a similar message comes upp telling you so, Gravity anchor off (left alt) and start at a distance.
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In Vestra, start at the Apollo Gate, press 1 for first person view, turn around to line up your cross hairs with the white band in the middle of the giant.
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press left alt to turn off gravity anchor, press and hold space bar to constantly increase your speed.
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Careful adjustment of direction to ensure you hit the whitest part of the giant at maximum speed.
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In Ubertus,start at Apollo Gate and go for the light green band half way between the equator and the poles
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The standard gas scoop on any ship is class 1 and will get you 3 tons of gas
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To get a bigger gas scoop, either buy one from a friendly player in the galactic market or, build your own after much expense building a space station, research lab, and ship yard
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Revision as of 09:27, 8 September 2014

Q. Will I die if I fly into a...


No, you cannot die, ever. Flying into planets/suns/blackholes and anyting else will not damage you in any way.


In combat, before your ship is destroyed the ships computer will warp you to ceres. You will need to dock and repair your ship, but you will not die.


Q. How do I save the game?


The game is auto saved every time you jump or dock/undock


Q. Whats the best way to make money at first?


To start out Trading and shuttling passengers.

When at a SpaceStation (SS) click on the contract board, and pick up all orange contracts for delivering packages. You can have any amount of package contracts, as they don't take up any space, and never expire. There is no need to directly deliver packages, just go about trading normally and when you arrive at the correct locations you will get a payout for the packages.

In addition to packages, you can pick up any contracts to deliver non rare materials. Each SS sells different basic resources, that you can buy from the Local Market (LM) and deliver to the contracts.

Passenger contracts are best picked up when you know which station you are visiting next, just grab the people that are headed to the same place as you.


Once you get a bigger ship, it would be a good idea to head to Vulcan or Veritas space and start mining asteroids. Check the Asteroid mining section of help for more info.

When mining collect Magnesium and Uranium to sell to contracts. This will be the fastest way to make money early on. After your mining skill is up a bit and you have acquire a bigger mining beam, look for Niobium and Tin. Both of these resources will sell for very high amounts to other players. Check stock markets for an idea of how much people are wiling to pay at the time.



Q. How do I mine asteroids?


Check the Asteroid Mining section of Help.


Q. How do I mine gas giants for gas?


Check the Gas Giant skimming section of Help.



Q. What are the Janus A trading posts for? I have actually started to engage in combat and still can't get into the trading site .Are they not functional yet?


No way to gain access at the moment. It is currently just used for escort missions, they either start or end there.



Q. How do I use the Mail? I see a button for it.


The Mail currently only delivers messages from stock market transactions. Players can not send mail to each other at this point.



Q. How do I repair?


First you must take your ship to one of the non combat systems. If you are in Janaus A, use the warp gate to Apollo. Next dock at a Space Station, such as SS Plato in Apollo. Once docked you should see a repair button to the left of the screen.



Q. I bought a ship/item from the Galactic market, but I can’t find it, where is it?


When you purchase a ship/item from the Galactic market (GM), the ship/item remains at the space station where the seller posted it. When you click on a ship for example on the galactic market a list of information comes up. Line 3 says “Location: SS Example”. After buying the ship/item you will have to go to that location to pick it up.

If you did not read where your new ship/item is click on your character button Assets Select location, and then go through the list until you find it.



Q. How many weapons can I put on my ship?


Each weapon takes up a certain amount of cargo space, depending on its class. As long as you have the space on your ship, you can have 49 total weapons.



Q. How do I equip a module to my ship?


Go to a ship yard and click on refit ship. Next scroll out until you can see your ship. Select a module to place, and then click on your ship, where you want the module placed. The only time it matters where you place a module is if its a turret or broadside.



Q. How do I get to a sellers Starbase?


Go to Apollo and you will have a Autopilot way point to their Starbase after you buy something from them.



Q. Can you please tell us exactly how mining yields change with mining beam class? And if possible how mining skill interacts with mining beam levels?


Mining beams add to yields as follows: Asteroids reach peak size after 7 days of accretion. Mining a 7 day old asteroid with a class 1 beam gives you the same yield as a 3 day old one with a class five beam. That's probably the simplest way I can put it.

Skill modifies yields in a more complex fashion. A skill of 5 gives just under a 5% boost, but a skill of 50 gives about 33%. A skill of 100 would give a 50% boost, and a skill of 1000 about a 91% boost. Ergo, diminishing but still significant returns.

That same skillmod formula is applied to other stuff such as gas giant harvesting, trading profits etc.



Q. How do I land on a Planet?


Fly to Janaus A space. (Ceres to Vulcan to Apollo to Janaus A.) Then warp to the planet in the system, and fly down to land. Once you get a Hyperdrive on your ship, you can fly to outer systems and land on the planets there.


Q. How do I get all of my ships in the same location?


You will have to dock at the location you want to have all of your ships located. Then buy a low cost ship from the local ship yard. Get in the new ship and fly to the space station where the ship you want to pick up is located. Get in the ship you want to move, and either leave the ship you just arrived in, or sell it on the Galactic Market. Then fly back to where you want your ships biased at and repeat this process, until you have collected all of your ships to one place.


Q. How do I tell what blueprints I have?


If you have a space station and a Research Lab built, you can click on your Lab and hit the "select research target" button. This will Give you a list of all of your Blueprints. When viewing the contract board, Blueprints that you already own will be denoted by a red Astrix *


Q. How do I explore new star systems?


See Space travel topic under help.

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